Biden says US will not wait ‘forever’ for Iran on nuclear deal

Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid listens as President Joe Biden speaks during a virtual summit with the leaders of India and the United Arab Emirates (Evan Vucci/AP)

The United States is “not going to wait forever” for Iran to rejoin a dormant nuclear deal, President Joe Biden said, a day after saying he would be willing to use force against Tehran as a last resort if necessary.

At a news conference with Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid following private talks about Iran’s rapidly progressing nuclear programme, Mr Biden said the US had laid out for the Iranian leadership a path to return to the nuclear deal and was still waiting for a response.